Stockholm university

Jakob AhlbomPhD student

About me

Jakob Ahlbom is a doctoral student at the Department of Political Science, Stockholm University, affiliated with Swedish National Election Studies, University of Gothenburg. His research concerns public opinion, voting behavior, gender, and political representation. Along side Patrik Öhberg and Henrik Ekengren Oscarsson, Jakob is responsible for the Swedish MP survey Riksdagsundersökningen. 

Jakob's dissertation is about how political values, opinions and beliefs are structured at both individual and public levels.

Teaching

Jakob is currently teaching in courses on quantitative methods, comparative politics and analytical perspectives in social sciences.

Research

Jakob Ahlboms' research interests concerns public opinion, voting behavior, ideologies, political issue structures, political representation, gender, and class and stratification.

Publications

Ahlbom, Jakob & Karlsson, Richard. (2023). Könsskillnader bland svenska väljare 1921-2022. Valforskningsprogrammets rapportserie 2023:9. Göteborgs universitet: Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.

Ahlbom, Jakob & Oscarsson, Henrik. (2022). Varför könspolarisering? I Niklas Bolin, Kajsa Falasca, Marie Grusell, & Lars Nord (Eds.) Snabbtänkt 2022: Reflektioner från valet 2022 av ledande forskare. Mittuniversitet: Demicom.

Ahlbom, Jakob. (2022). Vänster-högerasymmetri i kulturella värderingsfrågor. I Patrik Öhberg, Henrik Oscarsson, & Jakob Ahlbom (Eds.) Folkviljans förverkligare. University of Gothenburg: Department of Political Science.

Ahlbom, Jakob, Oskarson, Maria, & Wängnerud, Lena. (2022). Ökade skillnader mellan kvinnor och män som väljare och valda. I Patrik Öhberg, Henrik Oscarsson, & Jakob Ahlbom (Eds.) Folkviljans förverkligare. University of Gothenburg: Department of Political Science.

Öhberg, Patrik, Oscarsson, Henrik, & Ahlbom, Jakob. (2022). Folkviljans förverkligare. I Patrik Öhberg, Henrik Oscarsson, & Jakob Ahlbom (Eds.) Folkviljans förverkligare. University of Gothenburg: Department of Political Science.

Oscarsson, Henrik, Solevid, Maria, & Ahlbom, Jakob. (2021). Hur mår demokratin i Göteborg? In Björn Rönnerstrand, Maria Solevid & Henrik Oscarsson (Eds.), Hög tid för Göteborg. University of Gothenburg: SOM Institute.

Oskarson, Maria & Ahlbom, Jakob. (2021). Trender i könsskillnader bland svenska väljare. Swedish National Election Studies Report Series 2021:1. University of Gothenburg: Department of Political Science.

Ahlbom, Jakob. (2020). Väljarbeteende bland kvinnor och män 2018 och 2019. Swedish National Election Studies Report Series 2020:16. University of Gothenburg: Department of Political Science.

Ahlbom, Jakob. (2019). Framtida samhällen: Väljarnas ideologiska positioner 1982-2018. Swedish National Election Studies Report Series 2019:5. University of Gothenburg: Department of Political Science.

Andersson, Ulrika, & Ahlbom, Jakob. (2018) Nyhetsintresse och medieattityder. SOM Report 2018:35. University of Gothenburg: SOM Institute.